Just a couple more days before we will see each other again! While the start of a new school year can be pretty exciting, especially seeing old friends and meeting new friends, I know that most of us are also a bit nervous about it. And I mean all of us, not just students, also teachers and parents, right? Reading First Day Jitters always helps me, as it makes me laugh, and laughing is good when you are nervous and worried. I am hoping you get a chance to read this wonderful picture book. I bet it will make you laugh too! Here a few other ideas of what you could do during this last full week of holidays: Look through your journal or list of books you have read this summer. Rank your books. Which book did you like the most? Which one would you put in second place, in third, and so on. You can create you own Top 3, Top 10 or more lists to share with others. Write and/or draw about a favorite moment during the holidays. Make a list of things you will need for your first day of school. Read the letter you wrote to yourself at the beginning of the holidays. Maybe even write an answer to yourself! Ask a parent or older sibling to read from your favorite book to you. Enjoy some more reading time in your favorite reading spot!

Here a few suggestions of picture books (as you know, I believe that no one is ever too old for a picture book) related to the first day of school you might enjoy reading:Seamonster’s First Day (Kate Messner)Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes (Eric Litwin)Suki’s Kimono (Chieri Uegaki)Once Upon an Ordinary School Day (Colin McNaughton)Don’t Eat the Teacher (Nick Ward)The Exceptionally, Extraordinarily, Ordinary First Day of School (Albert Lorenz)

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Welcome to the Library!

Ms. Tanja & Ms. Phyllis

My name is Tanja Galetti and I am the Primary School Teacher Librarian at HKA. I am looking forward to an exciting year in our brand new library - with many more wonderful opportunities for amazing journeys of inquiring and reading. Mrs. Phyllis Musco is joining the library this year, sharing her time between the Primary and Secondary School Library.